Rudy Giuliani issues correction, says hush payments aren't crimes at all
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421443-giuliani-walks-back-comments-that-alleged-campaign-finance-violations
Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump’s personal lawyers, walked back comments he made downplaying the significance of campaign finance violations.
Giuliani's initial comments came after Michael Cohen, a former attorney and fixer for Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison on a slew of charges. The charges included hush
money payments made to two women during Trump’s campaign that were determined to violate campaign finance laws. Cohen also said Trump directed him to make the payments to
ensure adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougall remained silent about alleged affairs.
“I didn’t say payments were not a big crime. I have said consistently that the Daniels and McDougall payments are not crimes and tweeted a great article yesterday making that point.
If it isn’t a witch-hunt why are they pursuing a non-crime,” Giuliani tweeted Friday.
The article Giuliani’s tweet referred to is a piece from the conservative website The Daily Signal that argued that the payments did not constitute campaign finance violations.
“Nobody got killed, nobody got robbed… This was not a big crime,” Giuliani echoed in an interview with The Daily Beast on Wednesday, adding “I think in two weeks they’ll start with
parking tickets that haven’t been paid.”
Trump has maintained that he directed no criminal activity. He said in a Thursday tweet storm that the payments did not violate campaign finance laws and that Cohen, as his attorney,
should have known if they did.
Keep moving those goalposts you old fuck.
"And if we did, it wasn't illegal."
fuck sakes, just outright say you're above the law you dingleberry
"And if it was illegal, it wasn't that bad."
Simple retort: If it's such a non issue why did you guys try to cover it up and lie about it so vehemently for the past 2 years
this does actually confuse me, i thought it was strictly a saving face issue
Okay, so nobody got hurt, nobody lost any money, so it's not a crime worth putting so much effort into stopping.
then why the wall
Continue tying yourself to the sinking ship, you weasel. Hopefully you drown.
Just like collusion isn't a crime, right?
Except that it is:
18 U.S.C. § 201: Bribery of public officials and witnesses
18 U.S.C. § 201(b):
Whoever—
(a) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who
has been selected to be a public official, or offers or promises any public official or any person who has been
selected to be a public official to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent—
(A) to influence any official act; or
(B) to influence such public official or person who has been selected to be a public official to commit or aid
in committing, or collude in, or allow, any fraud, or make opportunity for the commission of any fraud, on
the United States; or
(C) to induce such public official or such person who has been selected to be a public official to do or omit
to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such official or person
ye
This Simpsons clip form twenty two fucking years ago is once again shockingly relevant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0tQHgV_QVE
relevant or just a reminder he's been doing this shtick to the public for over 14 years
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